Education and Work Experience

• PhD Candidate

Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis Group, Laboratory of Biotechnology

School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens

(2025 – present)

Thesis Title: Development of novel biocatalysis systems for the efficient degradation of lignocellulosic biomass.

• Integrated Master of Sciences (MSci) in Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens

(2018 – 2024)

Grade: 8.76/10.00

Master Thesis: Kinetic Study and Chemical Stability of the Mutated Enzyme Chlorite Dismutase

Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Agricultural University of Athens

Grade: 10.00/10.00

Supervisor: Dr. Chronopoulou Evangelia,  Grading Board: Dr. Labrou Nikolaos, Dr. Zerva Anastasia

Participation in conferences:

4th International Conference on Environmental Design, ICED2023 in Athens, Greece, 20–22 October 2023.

D.V. Nokas, Z. Milioris, E. Krassa, N.E. Labrou, A.C. Papageorgiou, E.G.Chronopoulou*. Study of conserved residues in the heme cavity in chlorite dismutase: effect on functional and structural thermostability.

• Quality Assurance/Quality Control Intern – APIVITA SA (04/2023 – 07/2023)

Quality control tests on raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, using analytical techniques (Titrations, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, FTIR). Additional qualitative control of product packaging materials.

• Trainee Student – Laboratory of Cell Technology, Agricultural University of Athens (07/2021 – 10/2021)

Assistance in research projects involving biosensors and biomaterial applications, plant tissue cell culture, animal cell cultures and cytotoxicity assay methods.

Volunteering

• Operations Specialist –  ECOTIVITY Non-Profit Civil Partnership

(10/23 – Present)

Member of ECOTIVITY, a non-profit civil partnership based in Greece, devoted to the promotion of sustainability through non-formal education programs.

• iGEM Athens 2024 Team Member

(01/2024 – 10/2024)

Participated at the iGEM Competition for Synthetic Biology – World Expo Syn-Bio 2024. Member of Wet Lab, Human Practices & Education: e-PHAESTUS: a Bioleaching Project. Bioremediation Village Gold Medal Winners, Nomination for Best Entrepreneurship (Overgrad).